Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) Cut to “Hold” at Zacks Research

Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) was downgraded by equities researchers at Zacks Research from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report issued on Tuesday,Zacks.com reports.

GPGI has been the topic of a number of other reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Composecure in a research note on Thursday, June 11th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Composecure in a research note on Wednesday, March 25th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Composecure from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Saturday, May 16th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price target on shares of Composecure from $22.00 to $15.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 15th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Composecure presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $15.00.

Composecure Stock Up 3.0%

NYSE:GPGI opened at $15.09 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.37 billion, a P/E ratio of -6.29 and a beta of 0.84. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $13.53. Composecure has a 1 year low of $11.22 and a 1 year high of $26.78.

Composecure (NYSE:GPGI) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The company reported $0.12 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.09 by $0.03. The firm had revenue of $421.20 million for the quarter. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.25 earnings per share. Analysts forecast that Composecure will post 0.9 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Composecure

In related news, Director Rebecca Corbin Loree purchased 3,925 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 12th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of $12.87 per share, for a total transaction of $50,514.75. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 63,220 shares in the company, valued at approximately $813,641.40. This represents a 6.62% increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Krishna Mikkilineni purchased 8,106 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of $12.34 per share, for a total transaction of $100,028.04. Following the completion of the acquisition, the director owned 10,804 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $133,321.36. This represents a 300.44% increase in their position. The disclosure for this purchase is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have bought 105,237 shares of company stock worth $1,245,734. 18.40% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

More Composecure News

Here are the key news stories impacting Composecure this week:

• Negative Sentiment: Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd filed a class action lawsuit against GPGI, saying purchasers of the stock between Nov. 3, 2025 and May 6, 2026 may have claims, with a lead-plaintiff deadline of Sept. 14, 2026. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms, including Kirby McInerney, Rosen Law, Block & Leviton, and Gainey McKenna & Egleston, also announced or promoted securities class-action claims and investor rights notices tied to the same alleged misconduct period. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Ademi LLP and Frank R. Cruz separately announced investigations into possible securities fraud, saying GPGI may have made inaccurate statements about its financial statements, operations, and prospects. Article Title

Composecure Company Profile

CompoSecure, Inc manufactures and designs metal, plastic, composite ID, and proprietary financial transaction cards in the United States and internationally. Its primary metal form factors include embedded, metal veneer lite, metal veneer, and full metal products. The company also offers Arculus Cold Storage Wallet, a three-factor authentication solution, which comprise the Arculus Key card Cold Storage hardware device and companion Arculus Wallet mobile App to keep the Private Key in the Arculus Key card highly secure and store cryptocurrency and digital assets.